Thomas Gholson Jr.

Thomas Gholson Jr. (1780-4 July 1816) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 17) from 7 November 1808 to 3 March 1813 (succeeding John Claiborne and preceding James Pleasants) and from VA-18 from 3 March 1813 to 4 July 1816 (succeeding Peterson Goodwyn and preceding Thomas M. Nelson).

Biography
Thomas Gholson Jr. was born in Gholsonville, Virginia in 1780, and he became a lawyer in Brunswick County. He served in the House of Delegates from 1806 to 1809 and in the US House of Representatives from 1808 to 1816. During the War of 1812, he volunteered on Peter Buell Porter's staff during the defense of Washington DC in 1814, and he was wounded in the process; he died of its effects two years later while still in office as a congressman.